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Two Imagineers with major influences on attractions at Walt Disney World and other theme parks will be officially tabbed as "Disney Legends" next month. Tony Baxter and Collin Campbell will be honored alongside TV producer/host Dick Clark, actors Billy Crystal and John Goodman, comedian Ed Wynn, Apple founder Steve Jobs and animator Glen Keane at a ceremony during the D23 Expo in Anaheim, Calif., on Aug. 10. Baxter's creativity could be spotted in attractions such as Splash Mountain and Big Thunder Mountain Railroad at Magic Kingdom and other Disney parks worldwise, the original Journey to Imagination pavilion at Epcot and Star Tours (the original and revamp) at...

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Two Imagineers with major influences on attractions at Walt Disney World and other theme parks will be officially tabbed as "Disney Legends" next month. Tony Baxter and Collin Campbell will be honored alongside TV producer/host Dick Clark,...

Disney is pushing back the release date of its video game and toy concept called Disney Infinity.
According to a report today in The New York Times, the release of the new game has been pushed from June to late August.
Times writer Brooks Barnes notes...

Talk Like Yoda Day, Tuesday is.
In Orlando, it seems like there's always a reason to celebrate the "Star Wars" films. Right now, we're in between sessions of Star Wars Weekends at Disney's Hollywood Studios. Last summer, Celebration VI, a...

If you riding the monorails around Disney, there's a bigger chance you'll see something special. For the first time, Disney World is sporting not one, but two specially designed monorails -- one for "Iron Man 3" and one for "Monsters...

So what are you going to do with those iTunes gift cards you got in your Christmas stocking this past week?
If you have some young Disney fans with iOS devices, there were a lot of fun Disney apps for kids released this year. And they will continue to...

You've got one more day to take advantage of Disney Publishing's Mid-May Madness Sale on storybook apps. Through Tuesday, various interactive storybook apps will sell for $4.99 each.
They include:
Wreck-It-Ralph Storybook Deluxe. Follow Ralph's quest,...

Big events are on the horizon at Orlando-area theme parks and attractions.
+The grand opening of SeaWorld Orlando's Antarctica -- Empire of the Penguin is set for Friday morning. The area, considered the largest expansion in the theme park's history,...

Virtual-reality firm Oculus is making a move into original‎ film content.
The manufacturer of the much-anticipated Rift headset is expected to announce at the Sundance Film Festival on Monday that it is launching a new unit called Story Studio and has...

"Frozen" directors Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee got the news in Spanish Thursday morning that the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. had nominated their film for best animated feature: The two had traveled from Dubai to Mexico City to promote the Walt...

Big-studio CG-animated movies "Frozen," and "Monsters University" topped the film categories for the Annie Awards nominations announced Monday, collecting 10 apiece.
But a couple of little-known entries from niche distributor GKIDS...

One of the weekend's top box-office performers, Disney's "Frozen," was among the nominees for the 2013 Annie Awards, which are presented by the International Animated Film Society.
The following is a complete list of nominees:
Animated...

CANNES, France -- While the Cannes Film Festival turns all the hotels on La Croisette, this city’s beachfront main street, into advertising sites for new and upcoming films, the pride of place is always reserved for the grand dame of hostelries, the...

Monsters University
Disney/Buena Vista, $29.99; Blu-ray, $39.99/$45.99/$49.99
Available on VOD beginning Tuesday
"Monsters, Inc." always has been one of the most underrated of Pixar's animated features, not getting enough credit for its zippy...

As feature animation becomes an increasingly crowded field, the pressure to create appealing and enduring characters with thrift and speed has intensified. Five directors recently came together for the Envelope Animation Round Table to discuss the...

It's a pretty safe bet that when the Screen Actors Guild announces its film ensemble award nominees Wednesday morning, we won't be seeing the casts from "All Is Lost" or "Gravity" on the list.
When it comes to this award, SAG voters...

LAS VEGAS -- The cavalcade of A-list stars continued to descend upon Caesars Palace here Wednesday, as Johnny Depp turned up to wow movie theater owners at CinemaCon, days after Brad Pitt put in a surprise appearance.
Depp's arrival to tout Disney's...

Netflix said it will become the exclusive subscription on-demand service providing Disney live-action and animated films in the Netherlands.
Beginning next year, Netflix subscribers will have access to first-run films from Disney, Pixar and Marvel...

BERKELEY — On the University of California campus recently, a tour guide told a group of prospective students about the many opportunities open to those studying in the Bay Area — "like getting an internship at Pixar," she said.
The...